By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
A Salina woman was arrested late Sunday afternoon on multiple requested charges, including aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer.
Officers were sent to a residence in the 500 block of S. Ninth for the report of Delilah Ross, 33, of Salina, being on the property in violation of a protection from abuse order, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.
When officers made contact with Ross, she was at the residence, seated in a 2005 Buick Park Avenue with the driver's door open. Police attempted to arrest Ross, but she was able to get the key in the ignition and start the car, Forrester said. Ross started backing away when the open car door struck a 23-year-old female officer and knocked her down.
The officer, who has been with the Salina Police Department for approximately 1.5 years, suffered minor abrasions and bruising, Forrester said. Additionally, some items on her duty belt were damaged.
Ross left the scene and a pursuit ensued, during which speeds reached 60 mph, along city streets until she turned east into the Salina Regional Health Center parking lot, where she was arrested on the following requested charges criminal trespassing, violation of a protection from abuse order, aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle, battery of a law enforcement officer, One count of interference with a law enforcement officer, damage to property, flee and elude, violation of a no-contact order and Miscellaneous traffic offenses.